People Interacting with People
A podcast about People Interacting with People. In April 2015, I became homeless. I decided to embrace this homelessness and what followed was five years of nomadic life, over 250 moves in Canada and the United States, on an average budget of roughly $22 a day.
While sitting in a 24 hour diner in Toronto on my first two homeless nights, a young man sat beside me and when I told him about my experience - spending 9 hours each night at the diner, getting a free coffee and a brownie on my second night - he turned to me and asked:
"Do you think you'd be having the same experience if you were Black?"
Over those next five years, I had a series of "chance" encounters with Black people and had some very interesting conversations. I documented some of them in writing but when I compiled them into a 300 page script during the pandemic, I realized that - in writing it myself - I had lost the authenticity of the other person's voice.
And so, I decided to hit the road and reconnect with some of these wonderful people while also leaving myself open to meeting new ones. These are our conversations.
People Interacting with People
SIZZLE 1: Introducing... Cat, Dray, Leka, & Kumei
In this clip, meet Cat in the Bronx, Dray in Las Vegas, Leka in New York, and Kumei in Las Vegas.
Episode 9 Season 2:
Cat and I met through a mutual friend this summer in New York. She is my soul sister, my Taurean twin, a Minister, and Host of a TV Show called "The Next Chapter" in which she discusses "shades of grey".
Episode 5 Season 1:
Dray and I met in Las Vegas in 2017. He is one of the pioneers of the Las Vegas Arts Scene and an incredibly talented artist. Did you know that the Vegas Arts Scene was born out of Hip Hop?
Episode 10 Season 2:
Leka and I met by chance in Catskill this summer. He is a Duty Officer and Youth Counsellor at a Boys' Maximum Security Prison in New York. He also tells me a story about how he almost played Major League Baseball.
Episode 9 Season 2:
Kumei and I met when I walked into her shop in Downtown Las Vegas. She is a 14-year-old activist with her own business. It's amazing.
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